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90%Scam risk
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Broker Summary
What Wikilix has recorded about Liyan Broker: its history, the licences it holds, its trading conditions and its fees.
Liyan Broker Overview
Liyan Broker is the trading name of Liyan Trading LTD, a Saint Lucia registered operation that began trading in December 2020. The service is forex led, runs on MetaTrader 5, and is built around four account tiers starting at a 20 USD minimum deposit with leverage of up to 1:1000. The contact details on record place a working office in Dubai alongside the Saint Lucia registration addresses.
Two facts matter more than any trading condition. No financial regulator licence is recorded for Liyan Broker or for Liyan Trading LTD, and as of October 2026 the broker's own address, liyanbroker.com, no longer resolves to a working website.
Is Liyan Broker Regulated?
No. There is no confirmed financial regulation for Liyan Broker: no licence from any financial regulator, in any jurisdiction, is recorded for the broker or for Liyan Trading LTD.
What stands behind the business instead is a company registration, with Saint Lucia given as the jurisdiction. Company registration proves only that an entity was incorporated. It is not financial regulation, it sets no rules for how client money is held or segregated, and it gives a client no regulatory authority to complain to. Liyan Broker should therefore be read as an unregulated offshore broker rather than an offshore regulated one.
Is Liyan Broker Safe?
On the evidence recorded, the protections a client would normally rely on are absent rather than weak. No regulator supervises the handling of client funds, no compensation or investor protection scheme covers a failure, and no conduct rules govern how a withdrawal request must be treated.
The rest of the picture runs in the same direction. The operating history reaches back only to late 2020, the people behind Liyan Trading LTD are not disclosed in anything on record, and the registered jurisdiction and the working office sit in different parts of the world.
Liyan Broker Account Types
Four tiers are recorded, and they trade entry cost against trading cost.
- Standard: 20 USD minimum deposit, leverage up to 1:1000, no commission, variable spreads from 2.5 pips.
- Islamic: the swap free tier, on the same terms as Standard at 20 USD, up to 1:1000 and no commission.
- ECN: 1,000 USD minimum deposit, spreads from 1.5 pips, commission of 3.50 to 4.50 USD per lot.
- VIP: 10,000 USD minimum deposit, leverage up to 1:200, raw spreads, commission of 5.00 to 6.50 USD per lot.
The two commission tiers are priced for a different client entirely, asking 1,000 USD and 10,000 USD against the 20 USD entry.
Liyan Broker Spreads, Commissions and Fees
Spreads are variable rather than fixed, and the recorded average is 2.5 pips, which is the figure quoted on the two tiers a retail client is most likely to open. Tighter pricing is reserved for the funded tiers, from 1.5 pips on the 1,000 USD tier and raw spreads on VIP, each of which then charges commission per lot.
Execution is recorded as market maker, which means the broker itself stands on the other side of client orders rather than passing them to an outside venue. No deposit or withdrawal fee is recorded for any payment method, which is not the same as a published guarantee that none is charged.
Liyan Broker Leverage
The maximum leverage recorded is 1:1000, available on the Standard and Islamic tiers, falling to 1:200 on VIP. The cap that applies to the 1,000 USD tier is not stated consistently enough to quote, so confirm it with the broker before relying on it.
Liyan Broker Trading Platforms
MetaTrader 5 is the trading platform on record for Liyan Broker, held as a desktop installation. No platform of the broker's own design is recorded and no second platform is confirmed, so a prospective client should not assume a web terminal or a mobile app is part of the offering.
Liyan Broker Deposits and Withdrawals
Seven funding routes are recorded: Visa and Mastercard cards, bank transfer, PayPal, the TopChange e wallet, cryptocurrency including Bitcoin, and Peydaesh Riyali, a local Iranian rial payment service. The minimum deposit on record is 20 USD and the minimum withdrawal 10 USD.
One condition runs across all of them. A withdrawal must return to the same instrument and the same account holder that funded the account, so a client cannot deposit by card and withdraw to an unrelated wallet. Card, e wallet and cryptocurrency withdrawals are stated as processed within 24 hours, bank transfers as 24 hours plus the receiving bank's own delay, and the Iranian rial route is subject to identity and anti money laundering checks.
Liyan Broker Support
Support is recorded as one international telephone line on the United Arab Emirates dialling code and a live chat staffed during business hours rather than around the clock, with English the only language on record. The postal addresses published on the contact page cover an office in Dubai and two addresses in Saint Lucia, one of them a post box in Castries.
Liyan Broker Pros and Cons
Set against each other, from the facts above:
- A low barrier to entry: 20 USD opens the Standard or Islamic tier, and the minimum withdrawal is 10 USD.
- A swap free Islamic tier offered on the same terms as the Standard tier.
- A broad set of funding routes, including cards, PayPal, cryptocurrency and a local Iranian option.
- No financial regulation of any kind on record, so no supervisor and no complaint route beyond the broker itself.
- The address on record no longer resolves to a working website as of October 2026.
- Market maker execution with 2.5 pip average spreads on the tiers most clients would open.
- Withdrawals restricted to the depositing instrument and account holder.
- Ownership undisclosed, and a registered jurisdiction separate from the working office.
Liyan Broker Review and Assessment
Liyan Broker presents as a small, forex focused offshore operation built around low deposits and very high leverage, and the plain summary of its regulatory position is that there is none on record. The trading proposition behind that, 20 USD to start on MetaTrader 5 with commission free entry tiers, is the part that attracts a first time client.
The consideration that outranks every tier and spread figure is what sits behind them: an unregulated counterparty holding the money, with no supervisor to appeal to, and a web address that no longer serves a site. Anything on this page about costs or platforms should be read in that order.
Regulation check
Regulatory Licenses
We have not confirmed any regulation for Liyan Broker. Money deposited with an unregulated broker is protected only by the company itself.
No regulation
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No regulation
We have not confirmed any regulation for Liyan Broker. An unregulated broker is not supervised by a financial authority, and money you deposit is protected only by the company itself.
What this means for you
- No compensation scheme covers your funds.
- No regulator to escalate a complaint to.
- No audit of how client money is held.
Trading accounts
Account Types
4 account types on record. Minimum deposit from USD 20. Leverage up to 1:1000.
4 account types
| Account | Min Deposit | Max Leverage | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | USD 20 | 1:1000 | No commission |
| ECN | USD 1,000 | 1:500 | $3.5 to $4.5 per lot |
| VIP | USD 10,000 | 1:200 | $5 to $6.5 per lot |
| IslamicSwap-Free | USD 20 | 1:1000 | No commission |
Deposits & withdrawals
Funding Methods
7 ways to fund an account. 5 credit instantly.
7 methods
| Method | Deposit fee | Withdrawal fee | Min deposit | Withdrawal min / max | Processing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISACredit Card1 | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 20 | USD 10Not recorded | Instant |
| MastercardCredit Card1 | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 20 | USD 10Not recorded | Instant |
Bank TransferBank TransferWithdrawals must be made to the same bank account and account holder as deposit; processing times may vary due to bank delays. | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 20 | USD 10Not recorded | Not recorded |
| PayPalE-Wallet2 | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 20 | USD 10Not recorded | Instant |
| TopChangeE-Wallet2 | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 20 | USD 10Not recorded | Instant |
Cryptocurrency (Bitcoin and others)CryptocurrencyWithdrawals must be made to the same crypto wallet and account holder as deposit; processing time up to 24 hours. | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 20 | USD 10Not recorded | Instant |
Peydaesh Riyali (Local Payment System in Iran)OtherWithdrawals must be made to the same payment method and account holder as deposit; subject to KYC/AML verification. | Not recorded | Not recorded | USD 20 | USD 10Not recorded | Not recorded |
Broker's notes on these methods
- Withdrawals must be made to the same card and account holder as deposit; processing time up to 24 hours. · applies to 2 methods
- Withdrawals must be made to the same e-wallet and account holder as deposit; processing time up to 24 hours. · applies to 2 methods
Trading software
Trading Platforms
One trading platform on record: MetaTrader 5.
1 platform
Websites
Global Domains
3 domains on record. 2 active.
3 domains
Legal entities
Corporate Network
One legal entity behind the Liyan Broker brand.
1 entity
- LIYAN TRADING LLCActive
Company registry check
Company Registration
The operating company is Liyan Trading LLC. Registered in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Registration number 2886 LLC 2023.
Verified on registry
- Legal entity
- Liyan Trading LLC
- Registration number
- 2886 LLC 2023
- Jurisdiction
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Incorporated
- Feb 7, 2023
- Registry
- Financial Services Authority, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Entity Name Search)
- Registered address
- Suite 305, Griffith Corporate Centre, Beachmont, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Peer comparison
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Ireland · since 2006· AVA Trade EU Ltd.Wikilix score 20.0RegulationRegulatedASICMax leverage1:400Platforms3Licences9FxPro
United Kingdom · since 2009· FXPRO UK LimitedWikilix score 20.0RegulationRegulatedCySECMax leverage1:30Platforms5Licences4
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about Liyan Broker
Most Popular Questions
Card, e wallet and cryptocurrency withdrawals are stated as processed within 24 hours, and bank transfers within 24 hours plus the receiving bank's own delay. Those are the broker's own stated times rather than independently measured ones. The minimum withdrawal is 10 USD, and the money has to return to the instrument and the account holder that funded the account.
Yes. An Islamic tier is recorded, offered on the same terms as the Standard tier: a 20 USD minimum deposit, leverage up to 1:1000 and no commission, with variable spreads from 2.5 pips. It is the swap free option on record.
As of October 2026 the address on record, liyanbroker.com, no longer resolves, so the site does not load. No alternative, regional or login domain is recorded for Liyan Broker either, so there is no second address to try. A client with money still at the broker is left with the contact details on record rather than the website.
Liyan Broker trades under the name Liyan Trading LTD, recorded as a Saint Lucia company dating from December 2020. The contact addresses on record put a working office in Dubai alongside two Saint Lucia addresses, one of them a post box in Castries. The individuals who own or run the company are not disclosed in anything on record.
20 USD opens the Standard or the Islamic tier, which is the lowest entry on record. The commission based tiers cost far more to open: 1,000 USD for the ECN tier and 10,000 USD for VIP. The minimum withdrawal on record is 10 USD.
There is no regulator standing behind Liyan Broker, and as of October 2026 its web address no longer resolves to a working site. Those are the two facts that bear most on the question. Neither establishes fraud by itself, but both remove the protections a client would normally rely on, because an unregulated broker answers to no supervisor over how it treats a withdrawal request.
Withdrawals at Liyan Broker must be made to the same payment method and account holder as the deposit. For certain payment methods, such as the local Iranian system Peydaesh Riyali, withdrawals are subject to KYC and AML verification.
The two entry tiers are commission free: Standard and Islamic accounts charge no commission and run on variable spreads from 2.5 pips. The funded tiers charge per lot instead, 3.50 to 4.50 USD on the ECN tier and 5.00 to 6.50 USD on VIP, with spreads from 1.5 pips on ECN and raw spreads on VIP. No deposit or withdrawal fee is recorded for any payment method.
The maximum leverage recorded for Liyan Broker is 1:1000, available on the Standard and Islamic tiers. The VIP tier is capped much lower, at 1:200. The cap on the commission based ECN tier is not stated consistently, so it should be confirmed with the broker rather than assumed.
Seven funding routes are recorded: Visa and Mastercard cards, bank transfer, PayPal, the TopChange e wallet, cryptocurrency including Bitcoin, and Peydaesh Riyali, a local Iranian rial service. The minimum deposit is 20 USD and the minimum withdrawal 10 USD. Every withdrawal has to go back to the same instrument and the same account holder that funded the account, and card, e wallet and crypto requests are stated as processed within 24 hours, with bank transfers adding the receiving bank's own delay.
MetaTrader 5 is the trading platform on record for Liyan Broker, held as a desktop installation. Nothing else is confirmed, so a prospective client should not assume a web terminal, a mobile app or a second platform is available.
No financial regulator licence is recorded for Liyan Broker or for its operating company, Liyan Trading LTD, in any jurisdiction, so it should be treated as an unregulated offshore broker. What the business has instead is a company registration, which proves incorporation and says nothing about how client money is handled. With no regulator involved there is no supervisor to escalate a dispute to and no compensation scheme behind a failure.
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